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A federal appeals court yesterday upheld former San Francisco Giants slugger
Barry Bonds’ obstruction-of-justice conviction stemming from rambling testimony he
gave during a 2003 appearance before a grand jury investigating elite athletes’ use of
performance-enhancing drugs.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that Bonds’ testimony was “evasive”
and capable of misleading investigators and hindering their probe into the Bay Area Laboratory
Co-Operative, better known as BALCO.

Bonds said in a statement on his website that he’s disappointed with the ruling. But he told his
attorneys he wants to immediately begin serving his sentence of 30 days of house arrest and two
years of probation.